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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS

744 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DODGE CITY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PAWNEE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS



* UNTIL 145 AM CDT



* AT 744 PM CDT DODGE CITY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT EXTREMELY 

HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS PAWNEE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 

TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE 

COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND 

DUMP HEAVY RAIN ACROSS ALL OF PAWNEE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM. IN 

ADDITION...MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PAWNEE COUNTY OVERNIGHT.

FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS, ROADS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  SANFORD,

  ROZEL,

  LARNED,

  GARFIELD,

  FRIZELL,

  ASH VALLEY,



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3833 9906 3802 9900 3812 9951 3833 9954



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